Dec 04, 2008 - Sale 2165

Sale 2165 - Lot 15

Price Realized: $ 14,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
A FULL HOUSE (CARTOGRAPHIC PLAYING CARDS.) Complete set of engraved playing cards with cartographic subjects. Together, 52 engraved playing cards, each approximately 82x52mm, each mounted on larger sheets measuring 110x80 mm, bound into 2 small gilt morocco volumes (115x83 mm). France, circa 1770
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Extremely rare set of cartographic playing cards. This type of card is usually encountered bearing maps of the various English counties. Generally, only single examples come to market, never the complete sets. The various suits picture from ace to king:
Clubs: Floride, Isle de Californie (with small inked tax stamp on image), Isles Antilles, Perou, Chili, Terre Magellanique, Paraguay, Bresil, Terre Ferme, Mexique, Canada, Amerique Merido., Amerique Septent.
Hearts: Isles Britanniques, L''Archipel, Isle d''Islande, L''Allemagne, Pologne, Hongrie, Turquie en Europe, Italie, Espagne, France, Moscovie, Suede & Danemark, Europe.
Spades: Biledulgerid, Madagascar, Monomo Tapa, Nubie, Zanguebar, Cafferie, Congo, Guinée, Pays de Negres, Le Saara ou le Desert, Egypte, Barbarie, Afrique.
Diamonds: Persie, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Ceylan, Maldives, Japon, Chine, Gange, Grand Mogol, Grande Tartarie, Turquie en Asie, Asie.